Ron—that’s a pretty fascinating camera. I’m still a little unclear — is this a film camera? If so, is it medium format in terms of the size of the negs? Or is it a digital camera with digital output?
It's not a film camera, but it's just like a large-format film camera but for a medium format digital back. A digital back is a sensor, electronics, and screen that can be connected to various cameras. I have three that I can use it on, which I will have to go into at some point. Briefly, a regular camera without adjustments (Phase One XF), a Cambo Actus (accepts a huge variety of lenses, and has a bellows), and this one, a Cambo WRS-500 with a very limited selection of high quality lenses. Complicated, but very versatile.
I don’t quite get the slough/channel comparison. But the photo of the Puyallup slough is an area familiar to me and it’s so cool that you were out there getting all that beauty and all that detail. I tried to understand your camera. It sounds crazy complicated but I can tell it is a new toy for you. And very good results - beautiful photo. I could paint the bark on that tree from this o e photo. I forwarded to Sandy Brown Jensen. She is deeply into the darkroom, film etc.
A channel has an inlet and an outlet; it's moving water. A slough is standing water, collecting in a former river channel. Especially in flood plains, rivers occasionally change their course.
The camera is strange, especially if you never did medium or large format with a film camera. A few medium format cameras have such adjustments; almost all large format (4x5, but also larger) cameras have them. I will go into that aspect in more detail over time. The level of detail you see there is...only a taste. I'll edit the post to include a 100% image of part of the tree on the right.
Ron—that’s a pretty fascinating camera. I’m still a little unclear — is this a film camera? If so, is it medium format in terms of the size of the negs? Or is it a digital camera with digital output?
It's not a film camera, but it's just like a large-format film camera but for a medium format digital back. A digital back is a sensor, electronics, and screen that can be connected to various cameras. I have three that I can use it on, which I will have to go into at some point. Briefly, a regular camera without adjustments (Phase One XF), a Cambo Actus (accepts a huge variety of lenses, and has a bellows), and this one, a Cambo WRS-500 with a very limited selection of high quality lenses. Complicated, but very versatile.
I don’t quite get the slough/channel comparison. But the photo of the Puyallup slough is an area familiar to me and it’s so cool that you were out there getting all that beauty and all that detail. I tried to understand your camera. It sounds crazy complicated but I can tell it is a new toy for you. And very good results - beautiful photo. I could paint the bark on that tree from this o e photo. I forwarded to Sandy Brown Jensen. She is deeply into the darkroom, film etc.
A channel has an inlet and an outlet; it's moving water. A slough is standing water, collecting in a former river channel. Especially in flood plains, rivers occasionally change their course.
The camera is strange, especially if you never did medium or large format with a film camera. A few medium format cameras have such adjustments; almost all large format (4x5, but also larger) cameras have them. I will go into that aspect in more detail over time. The level of detail you see there is...only a taste. I'll edit the post to include a 100% image of part of the tree on the right.